Adventures in genealogy

Sepia Saturday: Mom on a Bike

This is a great photograph of my mother in 1950. She was only 14 years old yet to me she looks glamorous and sophisticated. But what’s funny about this photo is that my mother always said she never really learned how to ride a bike. I saw her ride one once, but she was a bit unsteady and gave up quickly. Even if it’s not her bicycle, you have to admit it makes a nice fashion accessory!

Thanks, everyone! I should have asked my Mom for the backstory ahead of time, but I asked her now. She says the photo was taken in her middle school schoolyard – it was someone elses’s bike and she doesn’t know whose. A girlfriend took the photo. And, believe it or not, THAT is how nice they dressed for school. Today you don’t even find kind of classy dressing in the workplace!